On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Dan and Alana dig into a shockingly under-examined story: how the mafia profited from the World Trade Center. From its inception to collapse in Lower Manhattan, the center’s construction was fraught with incompetence and political corruption.
Sources
Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins
The Unthinkable Happened: The Fall of the World Trade Center Towers by Charlie Thornton
Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society by Michael Perelman
Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success by Michael D'Antonio
The Gotti Tapes: The Sensational FBI Tapes That Convicted America's Most Powerful Mobster by Ralph Blumenthal
Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci
Crime Scene: World Trade Center by J. R. de Szigethy
World Trade Center Building Performance Study, FEMA, May 2002
World Trade Center Investigation, NIST
Record Briefs, New York State Appellate Court
Print sources include UPI, CBS News, PBS, Washington Post, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Village Voice, Spy, New York Magazine, New York Post, The Conversation, The Militant, Wikipedia.
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